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| Quote: gutterfax "As con tricks go, they're pretty damn good. Do they use that Dynamo fella to make it look like they play internationals in full stadiums? Of the 8 Squads of the Quarter-finalists at RWC 2011, 96% of the players represented the country of their birth.
I honestly believe that The RLWC is flawed...it should be a Tri-Nations comp, with the second tier nations playing in a separate competition featuring development squads from the big 3 (certain number of age restrictions). Slowly, you will see the development of counties such as Italy, USA etc becoming more competitive.
Samoa v Tonga earlier this year was a great game, but would have done little for the development of the sport in those countries because 29 of the 34 players on show were Australian.
Still, I reckon Fiji will make the semi finals....they only need to win 2 games to make it.....the 2nd placed team out of group B will have had 3 very hard hit outs...all Fiji need to do is beat Ireland....they will then meet Australia in the semi-final....let's hope for better than 52-0 this time around.'"
Australia and especially New Zealand have very large PI populations and a lot of these people would consider themselves to be both Aussies/Kiwis and Pacific Islanders. The vast majority of the players who represented Samoa and Tonga in the recent test match would have had at least one of their parents born in either of those islands. I hardly think that the Samoans and Tongans watching that game at home will have been less enthusiastic in their support for their respective teams because most of the players weren't born there.
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9005.jpg kcab sfrawdder
Luck is a combination of preparation and opportunity
Just to avoid confusion Starbug is the username of Steven Pike
SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done
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That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
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| Quote: Bovrick "Oh come on, there are decent arguments out there, but you have to go for the moronic/irrelevant ones to try and... what, be funny?
Is it that hard to understand that you don't physically need to be in a place to make a difference there? That profile can matter?'"
Yes it can , just as actually having localised interest matters as well , gutterfax's point is if you p155 off the local potential future coaches,administrators by treating them shabbily you might well lose them to the sport
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6731_1299024498.jpg [quote="King Street Cat":1wa9s43t]Some might look at this as being harsh but I think it's fair. When are the Rugby League going to stop persisting with this fantasy expansion. If it hasn't worked by now, it never will! I'm all for reaching out to a wider audience with our game but not at the expense of historical clubs in the homelands.[/quote:1wa9s43t]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6731.jpg |
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| Quote: Starbug "Yes it can , just as actually having localised interest matters as well , gutterfax's point is if you p155 off the local potential future coaches,administrators by treating them shabbily you might well lose them to the sport'" I don't think any amateur players are going to be ed off that they aren't selected ahead of full-time players for the World Cup based on some arbitrary criteria that only a handful of people on this forum seem to care about. They aren't idiots.
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9005.jpg kcab sfrawdder
Luck is a combination of preparation and opportunity
Just to avoid confusion Starbug is the username of Steven Pike
SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done
But he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it!:9005.jpg |
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| Quote: headhunter "I don't think any amateur players are going to be vexed off that they aren't selected ahead of full-time players for the World Cup based on some arbitrary criteria that only a handful of people on this forum seem to care about. They aren't idiots.'"
And similarily they wont care what you think either, and ed off they might well be
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18302_1567366773.png [b:1crbsr9w] Toulouse for Championship in 2017, Super League in 2021!
Avignon for Championship in 2021, Super League in 2022! [/b:1crbsr9w]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_18302.png |
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| Lote Tuqiri is back playing with Wests Tigers this weekend. This augurs well for the Fijian team in the World Cup.
Below is a partial team of Fijians in the NRL/SL:
FB: Lote Tuqiri
3/4: Sisa Waqa, Darryl Millard, Wes Naiqama, Marika Koroibete,
5/8: Kevin Naiqama
1/2: Ryan Millard
FW: Petero Civinoceva, Tariq Sims, Korbin Sims, Ashton Sims,
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NRL expansion? Sometime soon, maybe......:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_9857.jpg |
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| RLIF World Rankings v t e
Top 29 Rankings as of June 2013[1]
Rank Change Team Points
1 Australia 1,225.00
2 New Zealand 825.00
3 England 646.00
4 France 258.00
5 Wales 227.00
6 Papua New Guinea 218.00
7 Fiji 105.00
8 Samoa 80.00
9 Ireland 71.00
9 Tonga 71.00
11 Scotland 70.00
12 United States 63.00
13 Italy 54.00
14 Russia 47.00
15 Serbia 45.00
16 Lebanon 36.00
17 Cook Islands 36.00
18 Germany 35.00
19 Canada 32.00
20 Norway 30.00
21 Malta 25.00
22 Jamaica 18.00
23 Ukraine 15.00
24 South Africa 14.00
25 Latvia 10.00
26 Czech Republic 7.00
27 Denmark 6.00
28 Sweden 2.00
29 New Netherlands 2.00
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